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On his first visit to the US, Amit wanted to take a tour of Silican Valley. He found a pet shop in a narrow lane with monkeys on display for sale. Curious to know more, he entered the shop, when suddenly a customer walks in and asked the shopkeeper: ‘One ‘C’ monkey, please’.The shopkeeper nodded and went over to a cage, took out a monkey, and said: ‘Here it is. It will cost you $7,500. The customer quietly opens his bag and pays off the price, and walks off with the monkey on lease. Amit was surprised: ‘Are monkeys so expensive here in this city?’ The shopkeeper on being questioned said: "Ah, that monkey is no ordinary monkey. It can program in C; very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money."

The visitor was amazed. He looked at another monkey with a price-tag of $10,000. ‘And what does this monkey do?’ he asked.
"Oh, that one is a C++ monkey’, the shopkeeper responded. ‘It can manage object-oriented programming, Visual C++, with some understanding of PHP and Dot Net. In fact, he knows lot many things.’
Amit was highly impressed, and looked for other monkeys. A big fat monkey in a cage of its own had a price tag around its neck that read: $50,000.
He was further surprised and pointing to the animal asked: "That one is costing more than all the other put together! What on earth does it do?"
The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I haven`t really seen it doing any work but it says it`s a Project Manager."

Author : Syed Zafar Ahmad

Designation:Executive EditorBio:A freelancer with a flair for experimenting with innovative technology and electronic gadgets that could enrich the life of a modern common man, and a consultant in issues touching every-day life of a computer suave professional.